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I walk as slow as I can to the Common Room. I bet that Marlene wanted to talk to me about the Potter situation that happened yesterday. I wasn't ready to talk about that yet. But here I am, slowly walking to Marlene's dormitory where my secrets are going be revealed even I wished that they wouldn't be. Psh! Some friend she is. Okay, maybe I'm being a bit overdramatic about this. I continue to walk down the corridor.
"Hey, Lily! Wait up!" Someone shouts.
I glance behind me, expecting it to be either Marlene or Remus. Oh Merlin, I hope Remus wasn't trying to talk to me about James again. That would be horrible. Instead, I find James Potter yelling at me, trying to get my attention. I keep walking, attempting to look as if I hadn't seen him when I looked over my shoulder. Apparently, he was pretty desperate to talk to me, considering that he hadn't changed out of his Quidditch robes.
Suddenly I hear footsteps behind me. This wasn't good. I walk even faster, trying to avoid James, who was now running after me. Unsurprisingly, James is now walking right behind me.
"Lily! Oh come on! You can't avoid me forever!" James says.
Actually, I think I could avoid him forever if I tried. I could hid out in my dormitory all day and just eat candy and….
"Lily!" James repeats bringing me back to reality. By now, James is walking right beside me.
"Yes?" I reply walking fast again.
"Wait!" James reaches out and grabs my arm. "You're going to have to listen to me at some point."
I yank my arm out of his reach and turn around. James winces.
"What?" I say a little more gently. I didn't want to be mean.
"I…wanted to talk about yesterday." James mumbles, running his hand through his hair.
"Er…actually I have to go." I say quickly while I start running to the Common Room.
"What!? Please Lily…" James yells. He starts running after me.
I know I was incredibly stupid to start a race with a Quidditch player, but I wasn't thinking very clearly at the moment. James caught up with me in only a few seconds and reached for arm again, but I moved out of the way just in time. Soon I saw reached the Fat Lady.
Out of breath, I panted, "Chivalry!" and the entrance to the Gryffindor Common room was revealed.
I came running in the Common Room, probably looking like an idiot, with James running behind me.
We were probably scaring all the first years that were trying to get their homework done. Oh well. I smile slightly at the irony of the situation and have to bite back a laugh. Even James looked like he was kind of having fun. His hazel eyes were twinkling, giving him a mischievous look. Suddenly, I come back to reality. I wasn't going to have fun with Potter! I quickly wipe the smile off my face. James notices and the sparkle in his eyes fades. Strangely, I find myself missing it.
Just as he reaches for me again, I quickly move out of his reach and run up the stairs leading to the Girl's Dormitory like a maniac. He couldn't reach me there, since the stairs turn into a slide if a guy tries to walk up them. I hear him groan. Unfortunately for me, I know James would try to talk to me again. And I was running out of excuses.
Pushing the thoughts about James out of my head, I take a deep breath and push open the door to my friends' dorm room. Marlene, Alice, and Emma were sitting on their beds waiting for me.
"You're late!" Marlene says looking at me with disapproval.
"Sorry." I say meekly. It wasn't ever a good thing to get on Marlene's bad side, especially at a time like this.
Marlene rolls her eyes. She could never stay mad at me for long.
"So, yesterday you skipped all of your classes. Why?" Alice asked gently.
"Er…I kinda ran into James." I mumble.
"I knew it! What happened?" Marlene asks.
With a bit of hesitation, I start telling my story about the Stinksap and James. Surprisingly, Marlene didn't even interrupt me once. After finishing my tragic story, my friends just sit there and stare at me.
"Wow. He really likes you, Lily." Emma says quietly.
I stare at her. James likes me? Despite the fact that he said it to my face, I still couldn't believe it.
"What? No! He just likes the chase." I mumble.
Just like last time my friends and I had a talk about James, they all stare at me.
"Lily, I think you should give him a chance." Alice says slowly.
"He has made my life miserable for the last couple year! How can I give him a chance?" I ask angrily.
"He's really changed." Alice answers.
I sigh. My friends definitely had different opinions than I had.
"We're going to go to dinner. Think about it, alright?" Marlene says as Emma and Alice followed her out the door.
I decide that I would just skip dinner tonight. I needed to think about what they said. As much as James Potter annoyed me, I felt bad about the mean things I just said about him behind his back. The guilt was hard to deal with.
Since everyone was at dinner, I could probably go to the Head's room without being bothered. I walk out of the room and begin to descend the staircase. I was almost to the bottom when I saw James sitting on one of the red sofas. I groan quietly and spin around to quickly walk back up the stairs, but I feel someone grip my arm firmly for the second time that day. Why do I always avoid him? I slowly turn back around to face him. He looked very serious and any trace of amusement that was normally on his face was gone. James sighs.
"Come on. You knew that I wouldn't give up." He says, releasing his grip on my arm.
Yes, I knew that he wouldn't give up, but yet I still tried to avoid him. I follow him over to the couch and sit down. It was now or never.
"Er…I'm sorry about yesterday and about everything. I'm sorry for being arrogant, selfish pig and bothering you all the time." James says quietly.
I wince. I still remember calling him that name.
"And, I like us to try to get along and be friends." James finishes.
Wait what? I wasn't expecting that.
"I'm sorry too." I mumble. And I really was. I felt awful about our fights.
James looks at me, surprised. Then he smiled.
"Thanks. So, friends?" James asks holding out his hand.
"Er…friends." I echo.
Then we shake on it.
After mumbling goodnight to each other, I start walking back to the Head's room. Our conversation was quite awkward and I honestly could believe that we'd just agreed to be friends. Tomorrow was definitely going to be interesting.
As I was drifting off to sleep, I couldn't stop thinking about whether I made the right choice or not and the strange jolt that went through me when I shook hands with James. It was almost like magic.
